Display-holder for gems.



No. 884,968. PATENTBD APB. 14,'19os 4 R. L. W000.

DISPLAY HOLDERPOR GEMS,

APPLICATION IILIB D JAN. 16. 1908.

mvmmh WITNESSES:

' I I ATTORNEY UNITED STATES RAWSON L. WOOD, OF NEW YORK, N.

PATENT OFFICE.

DISPLAY-HOLDER FOR GEMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed January 15, 1908. Serial No. 410,993.

To all whom it may concern:

, New York, in'the county of NewYork and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new. and useful Improvement in Display- Holders forGems, and do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, inwhich the figure is a perspective view of a display-holder for gemsembodying my invention.

The object of my invention has been to provide a holder for displayinunmounted gems for sale, which holder sha 1 be ada ted to fit on thefinger like a ring, or to be eld by a handle; and to such ends myinvention consists in the display holder for gems hereinafter specified.

The sale of unmounted gems is facilitated if the prospective purchasercan be enabled to see the effect of the gem when mounted in a ring. Tothis end I provide a holder having the form of a ring, so that it can heslipped over the finger, and having a setting in which a gem to bedisplayed can be readily engaged, and from which it can be easilyremoved. It is also desirable that a display holder for this pur ose beone that is readily held between the t umb and fingers, because, untilthe purchaser's fancy has been caught, he may not care to take thetrouble to slip the holder over the finger each time a stone is put init, and a mere ring would not make a convenient handle. At the sametime, it is desirable to put the stone in the holder, because the lightdoes not have as complete access to the stone when held between thefingers as when held in a setting.

With these objects in view I have devised the construction which isillustrated as one embodiment of my invention. Such constructionconsists of two strips 1 and 2, which are united at their lower endspreferably by a hinge connection. The hinge which I prefer because ofits simplicity consists of ears 3 and 4 bent at right angles to theplane of the strips, and having a rivet 5 passed through them. At theirupper ends the strips 1 and 2 are bent into oppositely disposesemicircles 6 and 7, which together form a ring of a size convenient toslip'upon the average finger. The extremities of the strips are formedinto a setting, each half of the setting being upon one of the saidextremities. The particular setting which I prefer consists of outwardlybent jaws 8 and 9, having inwardly bent prongs 10 and 11 formed thereon,there being preferably two prongs upon each jaw. The cars 3 and 4 may bepressed together by the rivet 5 with suflicient force to producefriction enough so that the jaws, when once adjusted, will hold the gemwithout any other means to draw the jaws together.. In order, however,to prevent accidental opening of the jaws and dropping of the gem, aband 12 may be placed around the strips 1 and 2, and the said stripsmade to diverge from each other in an upward direction. Thus the bandwhen slipped upward on the strips will close the halves of the settingtogether, and when slipped down to the pivot will be loose enough topermit the jaws to be separated.

The band or other form of fastening means may be dispensed with andfriction between the ears 3 and 4 relied upon to hold the jaws togetheras above described.

It will be observed that my holder fulfils the objects for which it wasinvented. Gems can be readily inserted and removed from the setting, andby means of the handle, the holder can be held up so that the purchasercan view the stone, the stone being as well exposed to the light as itwould be in a permanent setting, thus showing to advantage. When a stonehas been shown which pleases the purchasers fancy, the holder can beslipped over the finger, and the effect produced which the gem wouldhave when set in a ring on the finger. In this use of my holder, it isjust as effective as if no handle were present, as the handle isconcealed by the fingers. My holder is adapted to hold stones within alarge range of sizes, and yet no fastening means are visible above thefingers when the holder is upon the finger. My holder will take gems ofa larger range of size than it could do if it were simply an annularband depending upon its own spring to hold the gem, and it is much moresightly than if it had some means at the base of the setting for drawingits sectionstogether.

While I have illustrated that embodiment of my invention which I prefer,I desire it to be understood that there are various changes which couldbe made in the above-described embodiment of my device which would bewithin the scopeof my invention.

I claim:

1. A display holder for gems comprising two half sections of a ring, ahalf setting upon one end of each of said ring sections, a handle uponthe opposite end of each of said ring sections and means for drawingsaid. handles together.

2. A display holder for gems comprising tWo half sections of a ring, ahalf setting upon one end of each of said ring sections, and a handleupon the opposite end of each of said ring sections, said handles beinghinged together at their lower ends, and having means for drawing themtogether.

3. A display holder for gems comprising two hall sections of a ring, ahall setting upon one end of each of said ring sections, and a 15prising a band adapted to be slipped up and 20 down said handles. H Intestimony that I claim the iorcgomg l have hereunto set my hand.

RAWSON L. WOOD.

Witnesses:

STLJOHN oop, ARTHUR E. Wnnims.

